Amendments

NOWSHERA: Defence Minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday said amendments will be made in the laws about the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in accordance with the directives of the Supreme Court.
The top court in November 2018 suggested that the legislators could consider amendment in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999 to enable an accused person to apply for bail to the court.
“In the changed scenario, the legislature may, if so advised, consider amending the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999…

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to amend the 20-point National Action Plan (NAP), ARY News reported on Monday.
The National Action Plan was announced by the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ,after the heinous attack over Army Public School (APS) Peshawar that killed at least 144 people including 132 children.
The incumbent PTI led federal government has decided to abolish majority of points of the currently enforced National Action Plan, and asked provinces to table their proposals for the amended NAP.…

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at PM’s Office considered a proposal for introducing "necessary" amendments in the laws for ensuring tax exemptions at the Gwadar Port and Gwadar Free Zone.
The ECC constituted a committee on Thursday to remove any anomalies in the proposed amendments.
The meeting also considered the issue of allocation of site to private LNG developers for establishment of LNG terminal. It was decided that…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday underscored importance of post-census constitutional amendments to ensure timely conduct of general elections.
"The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership has urged the political parties to make required amendments in the constitution after the new census to ensure the holding of the general elections on time," he said talking to media in Lahore.
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Saad Rafique said that after…

ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah in his opening speech of the session said that the amendments in the law not against seminaries and religious parties, ARY News reported.